Guacamole is an HTML5 remote desktop gateway. The application provides access to desktop environments using remote desktop protocols like VNC and RDP. A centralized server acts as a tunnel and proxy, allowing access to multiple desktops through a web browser. No browser plugins are needed, and no client software needs to be installed. The client requires nothing more than a web browser supporting HTML5 and AJAX.

WMI Explorer is a utility intended to provide the ability to browse and view WMI namespaces/classes/instances/properties in a single pane of view. System Center Configuration Manager relies on the individual's ability to create queries utilizing data available in the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) database, which this utility helps to display.

System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Analyzer provides a baseline of what an optimum running System Center implementation should look like and then utilizes Microsoft's Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 to scan the System Center products for inconsistencies.

The Startup Folder was easy to access in the past, but the new interface with Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 makes it harder to find. As a shortcut to the personal startup folder, enter the following at the Start Screen:

shell:startup

To access the startup folder for all users, use the following command: